VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-3843

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-05-28
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The GTK version of ettercap uses a global settings file at /tmp/.ettercap_gtk and does not verify ownership of this file. When parsing this file for settings in gtkui_conf_read() (src/interfacesgtk/ec_gtk_conf.c), an unchecked sscanf() call allows a maliciously placed settings file to overflow a statically-sized buffer on the stack.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references